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. >> in many ways, this has become the signature war of president obama. this is the war he has given the most attention to, has escalated the most dramatically, not only in afghanistan, but also in yemen, somalia, reports of other lower-level drone strikes happening in other countries as well. the idea that this is cheap and safe -- meaning safe for u.s. pilots, as they are not in the air -- it turns out it is neither cheap are safe. manila get a new "times magazine" reports, it indicates that it actually costs more to keep an armed drone in the air, more than personal cost, and it would be acquitted itself, then an f-16. it is not safer for people on the ground, as we know huge people on the ground are being killed beyond the so-called kill list. the idea that a kill list is being created, apparently being approved by the president himself, that gives authority without any kind of judicial oversight to the idea that some people of any citizenship, including u.s. citizenship, can be placed on a kill or capture list and subject to the old met punishment wi
. >> in many ways, this has become the signature war of president obama. this is the war he has given the most attention to, has escalated the most dramatically, not only in afghanistan, but also in yemen, somalia, reports of other lower-level drone strikes happening in other countries as well. the idea that this is cheap and safe -- meaning safe for u.s. pilots, as they are not in the air -- it turns out it is neither cheap are safe. manila get a new "times magazine" reports,...
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we will talk about the obama administration's failure to prosecute wall to executives, the future of wikileaks, and the growing surveillance state. but first, amy goodman goes to spend more protesters are celebrating a major victory after the country's high court opened a criminal investigation into the former head of spain's biggest mortgage lender. a former imf chief rodrigo rato. we speak with organizers of the historic may 15 movement, the indignados. >> maybe, eventually, maybe one of these guys will pay. we have this impression that no one -- they do what they won. they still, like, nothing happens. today, maybe, something will happen. i'm very happy. >> all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm juan gonzalez filling in for amy goodman. nato supply convoys have resumed in pakistan after the u.s. finally apologized for a deadly attack that occurred last year. pakistan had barred the nato trucks that carry supplies for the afghan war after u.s. forces killed 24 pakistani troops in november. on tuesday, the obama admi
we will talk about the obama administration's failure to prosecute wall to executives, the future of wikileaks, and the growing surveillance state. but first, amy goodman goes to spend more protesters are celebrating a major victory after the country's high court opened a criminal investigation into the former head of spain's biggest mortgage lender. a former imf chief rodrigo rato. we speak with organizers of the historic may 15 movement, the indignados. >> maybe, eventually, maybe one...
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president obama continues his secret drone wars. we spend the hour looking back at the moment and movements that shaped 2012. >> democratic congresswoman gabrielle giffords has announced she will step down this week. she was shot in the head last year in a shooting spree that left six people dead in tucson. >> thank you for your prayers and for giving me the time to recover. i have more work to do on my recovery, so i will do what is best for arizona. i will step down this week. >> iraqis are voicing outrage over the sentencing of the last marines charged in the 2005 massacre of 25 civilians. on tuesday, frank woodrich received no jail time. >> i was expecting the american courts would sentence the person to life in prison. he should appear and confessed to the world that he committed these crimes so that america could show itself as democratic and fair. >> in a dramatic scene yesterday on capitol hill, several democrats walked out of congressional hearings on the contraception rule. carol maloney of new york criticized the panel at
president obama continues his secret drone wars. we spend the hour looking back at the moment and movements that shaped 2012. >> democratic congresswoman gabrielle giffords has announced she will step down this week. she was shot in the head last year in a shooting spree that left six people dead in tucson. >> thank you for your prayers and for giving me the time to recover. i have more work to do on my recovery, so i will do what is best for arizona. i will step down this week....
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obama is now committed to withdrawing in 2014. that is generally a good thing, but did we need the true escalation, how well did it work, should we do more? all of that cannot be addressed unless we have a national debate on the policy. am sure general petraeus' issues and other security issues were there, but that is really not the issue here. >> it is interesting. all of this takes place as roger bales is being questioned for the murder of 16 afghans. he is now at fort lewis-mcchord in washington state. >> that is another issue. i am from a military family. i really mind that the events in afghanistan are on stage. we know almost no media reporting on afghanistan. our guys are out there fighting, and if they get killed, it is on page 17. it is not right for a country to be at war unless it is committed to the war. it is not right to have any public discussion of the mistakes that were made, the kind of command structures that were there. obviously, there are a lot of troops who never been through a lot of rotations. some of them
obama is now committed to withdrawing in 2014. that is generally a good thing, but did we need the true escalation, how well did it work, should we do more? all of that cannot be addressed unless we have a national debate on the policy. am sure general petraeus' issues and other security issues were there, but that is really not the issue here. >> it is interesting. all of this takes place as roger bales is being questioned for the murder of 16 afghans. he is now at fort lewis-mcchord in...
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i want to bring companies back. >> that is president obama. by the way, he is in new york tonight at the nomad hotel at a fund-raising dinner, 60 guests spending $40,000 each at a hotel near the gramercy park. >> we won't be there. >> but his idea? >> his idea is a very valid idea. one of the things happening with the multinationals is a lot of the money they earn offshore they keep offshore. the estimates the amount of money, it's like apple, pharmaceutical companies, technological companies, their estimates are $2 trillion sitting in foreign accounts that they will not bring back to this country. and they will not bring it back is because of this onerous u.s. tax rate. but the fact is, of years ago congress waived that and let the number of them bring money back. it's mine memory is correct, they brought back $3.3 billion. with the understanding they would create jobs here. but do you know what they did? those companies actually killed 20 sell as -- 27,000 jobs. going back to earlier, the power of these corporations, they are beyond our cont
i want to bring companies back. >> that is president obama. by the way, he is in new york tonight at the nomad hotel at a fund-raising dinner, 60 guests spending $40,000 each at a hotel near the gramercy park. >> we won't be there. >> but his idea? >> his idea is a very valid idea. one of the things happening with the multinationals is a lot of the money they earn offshore they keep offshore. the estimates the amount of money, it's like apple, pharmaceutical companies,...
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hillary clinton renewed the obama administration's call for al-assad's immediate departure speaking in turkey. >> al-assad has doubled down on his brutality and duplicity. syria will not, cannot be peaceful, stable or certainly democratic until al-assad goes. so even as we intensify the sanctions pressure, because as we are meeting in istanbul, the sanctions working committee of the friend of the syrian people was meeting in washington. the time has come for the international community to unite around a plan for post-al-assad syria. >> president obama has reportedly ordered a major increase in drone strikes in pakistan over the past two months in apparent anticipation of the pakistani government imposing an all-out ban. according to bloomberg news, is reported order may account for the recent spike in drone attacks that have killed scores of people. a number of u.s. officials say they fear pakistan may order the cia to vacate the air base it uses to deploy its fleet a predator drones. the u.s. is reportedly withholding at least $3 billion in an ongoing dispute with pakistan over the fr
hillary clinton renewed the obama administration's call for al-assad's immediate departure speaking in turkey. >> al-assad has doubled down on his brutality and duplicity. syria will not, cannot be peaceful, stable or certainly democratic until al-assad goes. so even as we intensify the sanctions pressure, because as we are meeting in istanbul, the sanctions working committee of the friend of the syrian people was meeting in washington. the time has come for the international community to...
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the ban is seen as a retaliatory move after president obama signed a law denying u.s. visas and bank accounts to russian officials linked to the death of imprisoned whistleblower sergei magnitsky. it will take effect january 1st and likely add a new strain to u.s.-russian ties. retired u.s. general norman schwarzkopf has died at the age of 78. known as stormin' norman, he headed the first gulf war in 1981 which killed up to 205,000 iraqis during the invasion and its aftermath and decimated iraqi infrastructure. the one of the wars must address incidents, he ordered u.s. forces to fire on the retreating and this armed iraqi forces along iraq's highway 80, causing hundreds of casualties and prompting the name highway of death. news of his death comes as former president george h.w. bush who awarded the first gulf war, is a houston hospital in intensive care after suffering bronchitis. those are some of the headlines. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from a
the ban is seen as a retaliatory move after president obama signed a law denying u.s. visas and bank accounts to russian officials linked to the death of imprisoned whistleblower sergei magnitsky. it will take effect january 1st and likely add a new strain to u.s.-russian ties. retired u.s. general norman schwarzkopf has died at the age of 78. known as stormin' norman, he headed the first gulf war in 1981 which killed up to 205,000 iraqis during the invasion and its aftermath and decimated...
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white house press secretary jay carney later said obama misspoke. during world war ii, jan karski helped alert the world to the nazi holocaust. he visited the warsaw ghetto as well as a concentration camp and travel to the united states. he gave eyewitness testimony of the holocaust to president roosevelt and supreme court justice felix frankfurter. karski died in 2000. we go to an interview with jan karski that was conducted by andrew leslie phillips. it was recorded in jan karski's home in washington, d.c. in 1986. here he describes what is on the warsaw ghetto. >> the house i entered into one of those ghettos. the outside front of the house faced a regular street. only the back of the house through the basement, you entered one of those that rose. heard about is. oh, my god. children, women, old men, everyone having something to celebrate and onion, a piece of bread, a piece of close, begging. "please, please, i am hungry." [unintelligible] i said to my guide, is he dead? he said, no, he is dying. he is not dead yet. in the streets, naked bodies
white house press secretary jay carney later said obama misspoke. during world war ii, jan karski helped alert the world to the nazi holocaust. he visited the warsaw ghetto as well as a concentration camp and travel to the united states. he gave eyewitness testimony of the holocaust to president roosevelt and supreme court justice felix frankfurter. karski died in 2000. we go to an interview with jan karski that was conducted by andrew leslie phillips. it was recorded in jan karski's home in...
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barack obama, they do not feel responsible for the situation ri. we come here today to say they are responsible, behind their attics and the united states, their weapons are our dead. and we must construct piece together, change this policy of war into a policy of peace. >> what do you feel is the most important issue the united states should take on right now? you have said is from the united states that the drugs have the on-the guns have come over the border into mexico, and where the drug demand is. the issue of guns and the demand for drugs, javier sicilia? >> i think it is both of those things. in addition to money laundering, which has not been addressed directly at all, so i think it is not just one thing. it is three things that go hand in hand. in addition, it has provoked incredible criminalization of african american communities and also latino communities. it is important to take up these questions from our perspective together. but there foundation really has to do with the providing of drugs. if we look at the narrative to directory,
barack obama, they do not feel responsible for the situation ri. we come here today to say they are responsible, behind their attics and the united states, their weapons are our dead. and we must construct piece together, change this policy of war into a policy of peace. >> what do you feel is the most important issue the united states should take on right now? you have said is from the united states that the drugs have the on-the guns have come over the border into mexico, and where the...
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the obama administration's hall, $4.8 million. even his own wall street supporters are going over to romney right now. so he would say he is doing better than romney would in trying to take on these guys through the >. >> i think for president obama there are two scenarios. one, he has not been on top of what these negotiators are doing. this has been under the radar. it is so in part for the attacks to come out because it sends a warning to congress, the public, etc. basically, his negotiators on the loose. there many of the same people who got us into nafta during the clinton administration. the other alternative explanation is just the money one, which it is the case that this is an agreement the 1% love. it is their fantasy. it is not just on the margins and a national government you have to keep fighting with all your money and lobbying to try to get you want, but this would lock it in for the future. >> lori wallach, thank you for being with us. we will continue to watch this. when we come back, whistleblower jesselyn radack
the obama administration's hall, $4.8 million. even his own wall street supporters are going over to romney right now. so he would say he is doing better than romney would in trying to take on these guys through the >. >> i think for president obama there are two scenarios. one, he has not been on top of what these negotiators are doing. this has been under the radar. it is so in part for the attacks to come out because it sends a warning to congress, the public, etc. basically, his...
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obama, on the congress, on bloomberg. the 99% have to get their share. >> tens of thousands of people gathered in the rain in oslo, norway thursday to protest massacre suspect anders behring breivik by singing and norwegian version of the seeger's "my reno race." all across norway, and the region's flock to public squares to mark breivik's try with peaceful singing. he is charged with killing 77 people in a bomb and shooting rampage including 69 killed at a labor party youth camp, most of whom were teenagers. he said he targeted the ruling labor party because their policies were to open to muslim immigrants. a norwegian version, living together in harmony with specifically targeted by pratique last week -- the norwegian version of the song, which is about living together in harmony, was specifically targeted by breivik last week. protesters also marched on the courthouse in oslo and lined walkways with red and white flowers. >> ♪ who could ask for more ♪ >> those are some of the headlines. this is "democracy now!," de
obama, on the congress, on bloomberg. the 99% have to get their share. >> tens of thousands of people gathered in the rain in oslo, norway thursday to protest massacre suspect anders behring breivik by singing and norwegian version of the seeger's "my reno race." all across norway, and the region's flock to public squares to mark breivik's try with peaceful singing. he is charged with killing 77 people in a bomb and shooting rampage including 69 killed at a labor party youth...
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what obama could have done and why obama bears direct responsibility for adnan latif been in gitmo, is obama could have said when the tube was granted habeas and said, ok, we have done this with another yemeni. we untold we have to let him free by a district court. they could have done that and chose not to. now they have a dead body on their hands by some who was of is the troubled and not a terrific threat at all to the u.s. his lawyer has said he is now the face of indefinite detention and i think that is absolutely right. >> clint eastwood at the republican national convention raise that obama would close guantanamo but did not. many people do have that criticism, it was just surprising to hear from the stage of the rnc. but what about that? what has obama done? how has it been different than under president bush? >> he made an effort in 2009, but by 2010, when adnan latif won his habeas petition, they were already backing off of that because partly because of the underwear bomb, -- if you look at what obama has done in bagram and afghanistan were there has been no restrictions, wh
what obama could have done and why obama bears direct responsibility for adnan latif been in gitmo, is obama could have said when the tube was granted habeas and said, ok, we have done this with another yemeni. we untold we have to let him free by a district court. they could have done that and chose not to. now they have a dead body on their hands by some who was of is the troubled and not a terrific threat at all to the u.s. his lawyer has said he is now the face of indefinite detention and i...
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>> president obama is apparently interested in looking forward and not backward. liner, it isasilver grounds for jurisdiction for foreign courts to will the bush administration responsible, criminally liable if they should ever be so foolish to travel to those countries. >> which is why some say bush did not go to switzerland, that he could be arrested. >> prosecuted under their universal jurisdiction laws, something akin to this nuremberg principle that certain sorts of crimes are so serious that they can be tried wherever the perpetrator is found, regardless of where the actual criminal acts took place. >> thank you for being with us, shayana kadidal, with the center for constitutional rights, and, andy worthington, author of, "the guantanamo files: the stories of the 774 detainees in america's illegal prison." this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we will be back in a moment. ♪ [music break] ♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in his gay pr
>> president obama is apparently interested in looking forward and not backward. liner, it isasilver grounds for jurisdiction for foreign courts to will the bush administration responsible, criminally liable if they should ever be so foolish to travel to those countries. >> which is why some say bush did not go to switzerland, that he could be arrested. >> prosecuted under their universal jurisdiction laws, something akin to this nuremberg principle that certain sorts of...
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but the truth is, president obama has deported more people than president obama. 1.1 million americans have been deported these past four years. i think it is part of the same punitive strain that obama is pushing that once again does not reflect what the majority of americans want. >> i want to turn to the democratic convention, a busload of more than 40 undocumented immigrants and their supporters known as the undocubus arrived in charlotte, north carolina during the dnc. they traveled more than 2,000 miles through 11 states to deliver a message to president obama. this is one of the bus riders. >> stop the criminalization of our people. he came in as a president that was not only quantify for immigration reform, and it turns out he's deported way more people published he deported way more people. he has the power to make changes and we're here to demand that he do that. we're not here shame that we're not going to vote for him or that we will vote for mitt romney. republicans have chosen a side. we want the democrats to pick a side. what side of history are they going to be on? >> t
but the truth is, president obama has deported more people than president obama. 1.1 million americans have been deported these past four years. i think it is part of the same punitive strain that obama is pushing that once again does not reflect what the majority of americans want. >> i want to turn to the democratic convention, a busload of more than 40 undocumented immigrants and their supporters known as the undocubus arrived in charlotte, north carolina during the dnc. they traveled...
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president obama's secret kill list. new details have emerged of the president's role in targeted killings in pakistan, yemen and somalia. we look at the crisis in syria. >> we're at the tipping point. the syrian people do not want a future to be one of bloodshed in division. >> following a massacre in the village of houla, kofi annan warns the syrian peace plan is in shambles. we will speak with reporter charles glass just back from syria. all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. court hassupreme upheld the extradition of wikileaks founder julian assange to sweden after a more than yearlong legal fight. swedish authorities want to question him over accusations of rape and a sexual assault made by two women. he has been under house arrest in britain since december 2010. his lawyers had argued the swedish public prosecutor did not have legal authority to issue the arrest warrant, but earlier today the british judge sided with sweden in a 5-2 dec
president obama's secret kill list. new details have emerged of the president's role in targeted killings in pakistan, yemen and somalia. we look at the crisis in syria. >> we're at the tipping point. the syrian people do not want a future to be one of bloodshed in division. >> following a massacre in the village of houla, kofi annan warns the syrian peace plan is in shambles. we will speak with reporter charles glass just back from syria. all of that and more coming up. this is...
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president obama addressed the u.n. general assembly with a heavy focus on the wave of protests that have swept muslim countries and the killing of u.s. ambassador christopher stevens. obama condemned the anti-islam film that set off the unrest. >> i have made it clear that the united states government had nothing to do with this video. i believe its message must be rejected. it is an insult not only to muslims but to america as well. in 2012, at a time when anyone with a cell phone can spread offensive views are around the world with the click of a button, the notion that we can control the flow of information is obsolete. how do we respond? on this, we must agree there is no speech that justifies mindless violence. >> he also addressed ongoing tensions with iran. saying he hopes to resolve the nuclear standoff through diplomacy. >> just as it restricts the rights of its own people, the government continues to prop up a dictator in damascus and supports terrorist units abroad. it has failed to take the opportunity to d
president obama addressed the u.n. general assembly with a heavy focus on the wave of protests that have swept muslim countries and the killing of u.s. ambassador christopher stevens. obama condemned the anti-islam film that set off the unrest. >> i have made it clear that the united states government had nothing to do with this video. i believe its message must be rejected. it is an insult not only to muslims but to america as well. in 2012, at a time when anyone with a cell phone can...
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but there are a lot of people who do not like barack obama. the people i saw outside court yesterday were people i think would not vote for barack obama under any circumstances. they see this as a political issue, as a way to try to turn people away from the president, not just the reform act. >> polls have been done that show the vast majority of americans, something like three- quarters of americans, think this is a political decision that is being made by the supreme court. we go back to citizens united and before that, gore v bush. the me ask about and and and scalia asking the obama administration's lawyer, donald verrilli, to defend the controversial individual mandate provision of the affordable care act. >> everybody has to buy food sooner or later. therefore, everybody is in the market there for, you can make people buy broccoli. >> i am convinced everyone is going to be calling it baraco lli. >> there have been discussions by punsters, but analysts in the past two said what is next, a requirement to buy broccoli? it was an inevitable
but there are a lot of people who do not like barack obama. the people i saw outside court yesterday were people i think would not vote for barack obama under any circumstances. they see this as a political issue, as a way to try to turn people away from the president, not just the reform act. >> polls have been done that show the vast majority of americans, something like three- quarters of americans, think this is a political decision that is being made by the supreme court. we go back...
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obama takes the same stand. he also insists that any agreement must exclude israel. and even must exclude calls for other nations, meaning the u.s., to provide information about israeli nuclear activities. the united states and israel can allay regional peace indefinitely. they have been doing that for 35 years on israel-palestine, a virtual international isolation. it is a longer important story that i do not have time to go into. therefore, there is no hope for an easy way to end with the west regards as the most severe current crisis. and in no way, unless there is large-scale public pressure. but there cannot be large-scale public pressure and the people at least know about it. and the media have done a stellar job in averting that danger. nothing recorded about the conference or about any of the background. no discussion, apart from specialist arms control journals where you can read about it. so that blocks the easy way to end the worst existing crisis, unless people somehow find a way to break through this. >> mit professor noam chomsky spoke on september 27 o
obama takes the same stand. he also insists that any agreement must exclude israel. and even must exclude calls for other nations, meaning the u.s., to provide information about israeli nuclear activities. the united states and israel can allay regional peace indefinitely. they have been doing that for 35 years on israel-palestine, a virtual international isolation. it is a longer important story that i do not have time to go into. therefore, there is no hope for an easy way to end with the...
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even a barack obama wins, we do not want everyone to be -- well, he will take care of it. that is what happened four years ago. what we want is for no matter who wins and no matter who is in the senate or house, we want to put the fossil fuel industry front and center and put real pressure on them in. we're going to try to launch a divestment movement that looks like the one around south africa a quarter-century ago. we will be bringing home the math i described. a piece in "rolling stone" with a viral, explaining the fossil fuel industry already has five times more carbon in its inventory and even the most conservative government thinks would be safe to burn. every day they go out looking for more. this is a rogue industry now. if sandy is a road storm, then exxon is a rogue industry. in their inventory alone, they have more than 7% of the carbon necessary to take us past two degrees. there are out lost out against the state, but laws of physics. you begin to see the results of that when you look around events like today's. >> bill mckibben, thank you for being with us pr
even a barack obama wins, we do not want everyone to be -- well, he will take care of it. that is what happened four years ago. what we want is for no matter who wins and no matter who is in the senate or house, we want to put the fossil fuel industry front and center and put real pressure on them in. we're going to try to launch a divestment movement that looks like the one around south africa a quarter-century ago. we will be bringing home the math i described. a piece in "rolling...
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i wondered if you have a message for president obama? >> concerning what? [laughter] >> your situation, the situation in the world. if the worst? what message? >> you can share several. >> i just hope he can stop the wars going on in this world and all of this people getting killed, and give the hills back to my people and turn me loose. >> can you share with people at the news conference and with president obama your case for why you should be, why your sentence should be commuted, why you want clemency? >> well, i never got a fair trial, for one. my case has been a problem from the moment they had a grand jury hearing. then someone on the grand jury hearing that testified against me that i had never met in my life he was brought in from canada. they violated international laws. trial they had admitted racists on the jury, would not allow me to put up a defense, and manufactured evidence, manufactured witnesses, tortured witnesses. the list goes on. i think i am a good candidate after 37 years for clemency or house arrest, at least. >> what would house arr
i wondered if you have a message for president obama? >> concerning what? [laughter] >> your situation, the situation in the world. if the worst? what message? >> you can share several. >> i just hope he can stop the wars going on in this world and all of this people getting killed, and give the hills back to my people and turn me loose. >> can you share with people at the news conference and with president obama your case for why you should be, why your sentence...
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but he wanted to try and he believed that is what obama wanted. the problem was obama's national security team form her national security advisor jim jones, people who worked for him saw holbrook and he bow test with sharp elbows who had a thirst for spotlight who would damage his relations with president karzai and the leadership of pakistan, and so they didn't want him to lead this process and so they did everything they could to foil him and denied him the use of military airplanes to travel out there, they -- there is one remarkable event when president karzai comes to washington in april of 2010, and there is an oval office meeting that is set up, and some of the president's staffers try to exclude holbrook from this meeting and then the plan is to slip the president's talking points one of them was going to say, everyone in this room represents me has my rust the implication being holbrook who wasn't in the room wasn't the president's man, the scheme was flawed at the las last minute wn the hillary clinton insisted he come in it shows you th
but he wanted to try and he believed that is what obama wanted. the problem was obama's national security team form her national security advisor jim jones, people who worked for him saw holbrook and he bow test with sharp elbows who had a thirst for spotlight who would damage his relations with president karzai and the leadership of pakistan, and so they didn't want him to lead this process and so they did everything they could to foil him and denied him the use of military airplanes to travel...
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obama is targeting and killing people without judicial review. we're acting as judge, jury, and executioner. >> this is open on cnn on the secret drone war. >> there has to be a target that is authorized by our laws. it has to be a threat that is serious and not speculative. it has to be a situation in which we cannot capture the individual before they move forward on some sort of operational plot against the yen and the states. this is an example of where i think there has been some is reporting. we want to capture if we can because that -- then the king gather intelligence. a lot of the terrorist networks, the most dangerous was the target the u.s., operate from various regions and it is difficult to capture them. and we have got to make sure in whatever operations we conduct, we are very careful about avoiding civilian casualties. >> there is president obama speaking. i was just thinking about the yemeni cleric awlaki, his 16- year-old son who was killed. he was killed two weeks after his father was killed, also in a drone strike. >> people wi
obama is targeting and killing people without judicial review. we're acting as judge, jury, and executioner. >> this is open on cnn on the secret drone war. >> there has to be a target that is authorized by our laws. it has to be a threat that is serious and not speculative. it has to be a situation in which we cannot capture the individual before they move forward on some sort of operational plot against the yen and the states. this is an example of where i think there has been...
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the president obama knows better. but there has been and will in politics in this country that if you aspire to the highest office, you have to be pro-death penalty, no matter if you know better. we saw bill clinton actually execute someone who had committed a crime as a juvenile. he also said some to death row -- he executed three people while campaigning for president read one was a retarded, so mentally incapacitated that he left his desert in his cell and told his lawyer he was saving it until he got back. these men know better and need to start doing better. you see women like kamala harris, the attorney general in california, saying explicitly she is against the death penalty. karl rove targeted her and her campaign, about her opposition to the death penalty would take her out of the race. she won despite that. we need more people in this country who truly have the courage of their convictions to run for office. but the governor of connecticut, meg harris in california. stand up for what you believe and do the r
the president obama knows better. but there has been and will in politics in this country that if you aspire to the highest office, you have to be pro-death penalty, no matter if you know better. we saw bill clinton actually execute someone who had committed a crime as a juvenile. he also said some to death row -- he executed three people while campaigning for president read one was a retarded, so mentally incapacitated that he left his desert in his cell and told his lawyer he was saving it...
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romney criticized obama for referring to the latest middle east unrest as bonds and the road. he also vowed a foreign policy that he said would ship middle east politics, not just react to it. >> bombs in the road? we had an ambassador assassinated, a muslim brotherhood elect a member elected to the presidency of egypt. 20,000 people have been killed in syria. we of tumult in pakistan. iran is that much closer to having the capacity to build a nuclear weapon. this is time for a president who will shape events in the middle east, not just be merciful or be at mercy of the events in the middle east. i will get america on track at the kind of leadership we need so we can shape the future of this part of the world and keep america strong. >> romney was referring to obama's comments in an interview with "60 minutes." obama made what could be his most public rejection of the israeli government to date in that same interview. asked about unrelenting israeli pressure for military attack on iran, obama suggested such talk is noise that he ignores. >> you are saying you do not feel any
romney criticized obama for referring to the latest middle east unrest as bonds and the road. he also vowed a foreign policy that he said would ship middle east politics, not just react to it. >> bombs in the road? we had an ambassador assassinated, a muslim brotherhood elect a member elected to the presidency of egypt. 20,000 people have been killed in syria. we of tumult in pakistan. iran is that much closer to having the capacity to build a nuclear weapon. this is time for a president...
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we air the obama-romney debate, pausing the tape after each question to give dr. stein and rocky anderson a chance to respond the same questions put to the major party candidates. we also invited libertarian candidate gary johnson, but he declined to join us. we recorded the show in front of a live audience here of the kosher marin jewish community center in san raphael california. today we bring you highlights from our expanding the debate special. we begin with debate moderator bob schieffer of cbs news. >> the first segment is the challenge of the changing middle east and the new face of terrorism. i will put this into two segment so you'll have two topic questions within this one segment on that subject. the first question, and it concerns libya, the controversy over what happened there continues. for americans are dead, including an american ambassador. questions remain. what happens? what caused it? was a spontaneous? was it an intelligence failure? was it a policy failure? was there an attempt to mislead people about what really happened? governor romney, h
we air the obama-romney debate, pausing the tape after each question to give dr. stein and rocky anderson a chance to respond the same questions put to the major party candidates. we also invited libertarian candidate gary johnson, but he declined to join us. we recorded the show in front of a live audience here of the kosher marin jewish community center in san raphael california. today we bring you highlights from our expanding the debate special. we begin with debate moderator bob schieffer...
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obama has nothing. one day he makes death lists of people to kill in the next day is bob dylan and metal. then he talks about how he supports israel blindly. you could easily matched the money. the next day, palestinian rights. if there's no conviction. in recent book, the author gets a rising obama is actually a liberal jew. so he knows everything he is saying is not true. he says we have israel's back. what it means the rich american jews has me, obama, in my pocket and i have my hands and their pockets. he wants liberal jewish contributions. >> and you say liberal jews in america are changing their views? but there's still question if you look at two kinds of the information, for example, the poll data which shows a serious decline -- but cannot call it precipitous, but a significant decline in american jewish support for israel. then there is what you might call the anecdotal data, what you might call the high-profile defection. so there is a peter by nard who's a former senior editor at the new rep
obama has nothing. one day he makes death lists of people to kill in the next day is bob dylan and metal. then he talks about how he supports israel blindly. you could easily matched the money. the next day, palestinian rights. if there's no conviction. in recent book, the author gets a rising obama is actually a liberal jew. so he knows everything he is saying is not true. he says we have israel's back. what it means the rich american jews has me, obama, in my pocket and i have my hands and...
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>> president obama is wrong. at this point, it is very believet for me to it nto that he does not know. we have evidence that there was extensive and highly illegal conduct in the housing bubble in the financial crisis. >> explain further. >> well, as i mentioned a couple of minutes ago, we know now there was extensive securities fraud and accounting fraud. we know there were violations -- just one example among many, and may of 2008, a man by the name of matthew lee was senior vice president at lehman brothers, hand delivered to four senior executives of lehman a memo, which i quoted in my book which is available on the web. if you kugel matthew lee lehman, you will find it read in which he says -- i feel it is my ethical and legal responsibility to point out to you there are billions of dollars in unjustified assets on our balance sheet. he goes on to say in some detail in this memo that his concerns are very serious. and that he feels that he absolutely must bring them to the attention of senior executives. he
>> president obama is wrong. at this point, it is very believet for me to it nto that he does not know. we have evidence that there was extensive and highly illegal conduct in the housing bubble in the financial crisis. >> explain further. >> well, as i mentioned a couple of minutes ago, we know now there was extensive securities fraud and accounting fraud. we know there were violations -- just one example among many, and may of 2008, a man by the name of matthew lee was...
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republican candidate mitt romney continues to be president obama in the fund-raising race. thursday, romney's campaign said it took in more than $100 million in june. romney is expected to be the first candidate in history to out raise an incumbent president seeking reelection. speaking in ohio, president obama criticized romney's record on the auto industry bailout and announce the u.s. has launched a new trade complete over chinese tariffs. >> when the american auto industry was on the brink of collapse and more than 1 million jobs were on the line, governor romney said we should just let detroit go bankrupt. i refused to turn my back on communities like this. i was betting on the american worker, and i was betting on american industry. and three years later, the american auto industry has come roaring back this morning my administration took a new action to hold china a couple for unfair trade practices that harm the american auto makers. >> during his appearance in ohio, obama shared an emotional moment with a supporter -- with a walkman sister who recently died of canc
republican candidate mitt romney continues to be president obama in the fund-raising race. thursday, romney's campaign said it took in more than $100 million in june. romney is expected to be the first candidate in history to out raise an incumbent president seeking reelection. speaking in ohio, president obama criticized romney's record on the auto industry bailout and announce the u.s. has launched a new trade complete over chinese tariffs. >> when the american auto industry was on the...
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a separate vote on repealing president obama signature healthcare law. at least 15 people had been killed in u.s. drone strike inside pakistan. the attack occurred late friday in northwestern province. pakistan officials said the victims were suspected of being militants. friday's attack was the first known u.s. drone strike in pakistan since nato resumed supply routes there last week. over the weekend, thousands of people began a march from lahore to islamabad calling for the supply routes to again be shut down. >> the government has insulted parliament and the entire nation by reopening the nato supply. the of surrender the country to the americans once again. >> the supply routes resumed after the u.s. apologized for the november airstrike that killed 21 -- 24 pakistani troops. a recent poll shows anti-u.s. sentiment has grown in pakistan. according to the pulitzer center, 74% of pakistan is considered the u.s. to be an enemy, up 5% from year ago. violence continues to rage in afghanistan where at least 35 people were reported dead in nationwide attac
a separate vote on repealing president obama signature healthcare law. at least 15 people had been killed in u.s. drone strike inside pakistan. the attack occurred late friday in northwestern province. pakistan officials said the victims were suspected of being militants. friday's attack was the first known u.s. drone strike in pakistan since nato resumed supply routes there last week. over the weekend, thousands of people began a march from lahore to islamabad calling for the supply routes to...